Badge-pin clasp



Sept. 11, 1923. 1,467.368

- M. FOLKMAN BADGE PIN CLASP Filed March 14, 1925 1771 07/4/ Wm ZZZ/Wmay Patented Sept. 11, 1923.

UNITED starts JP; o me E.

MORRIS FOLKMAN, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOBIOF ONE-HALF T0 FRANK,J. I

CHALUS, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

BAD GE-PIN CLASP.

Application filed March 14, 1923. Serial No. 625,035.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORRIS FOLKMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Badge-Pin Clasps, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a pin catch or device for the purpose ofpreventing the loss of a pin or badge such as those attached to agarment by means of a penetrating pin on the back of the badge, theobject being to provide an improved device which will engage the pointof the pin and prevent the same being withdrawn from the garment towhich it i applied. The device comprises a keeper which is pivoted tothe badge or plate bearing the pin, and this keeper can be swung so asto engage over the point of the pin and when so engaged will be fastenedby a catch which must be manually released to swing the keeper todisengagement and permit the pin to be withdrawn from the garment.

In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is a rear plan view of a badge orthe like provided with the invention. Fig. 2 is a section on the line2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan of a modification.

Referring particularly to the drawings, 6 indicates the plate or body ofa badge or emblem, and 7 a pin secured at one end to the back thereof,the point of the pin being free to penetrate the garment as usual.

The loss-preventing device comprises a small loop or keeper 8 which ismounted transversely on a lever 9 pivoted at 10 to the back of the plate6 in a position adjacent or beside the point of the pin, the arrangementbeing such that the lever may be swung to cause the loop 8 to enclosethe point of the pin as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. To hold the lever insuch position the back of the plate 6, at the side of the pin pointopposite the pivot 10, is provided with a small hook or catch 11 underwhich the lever may be engaged to hold it in locked position, as shownin Fig. 1. The lever will be made of flat spring metal so that whenswung into locking position as shown it may be sprung toclear or passthe catch 11, and then retracted to engage under the catch. When soengaged the point of the pin will be within the loop 8, and accordinglythe pin cannot be withdrawn. from the garment. To release the pin thelever is disengaged from the catch 11 and then sprung outwardly to clearthe same and then swung around on the pivot to withdraw the loop 8 fromthe pin point. This uncovers the point of the pin and will permit thepin to be withdrawn from the garment to detach the badge. The keeper 8as shown consists of a U-shaped bend formed integral with the lever 9but obviously may consist of a separate piece attached to the lever, orbe otherwise constructed to form a cover or enclosure for the point ofthe pin.

In the modified form shown in Fig. 3, the

lever 9 is split at its freeend to form two 7 branches 9 each of whichis engageab-le under a hook 11 projecting from the back of the plate.The branches are engaged with or disengaged from the hook by pressingthe same toward each other until they will pass through the spacebetween the hooks, which face toward each other.

The inventionis not limited to the particular forms shown, but variousmodifications are possible within the scope of the following claims:

I claim:

1. The combination with a badge or the like having an attaching pin atthe back, of a lever pivoted to the back of the badge and having akeeper adapted to cover the point of the pin, and a catch on the badge,engageable by the lever to hold the same in closed position.

2. The combination with a badge or the like having a pin at the backthereof,of a lever pivoted to the back of the badge, to swing in a planeparallel to the back of the badge, and provided with a keeper adapted tocover or uncover the pin point,

and means engageable with the lever to hold the same/in closed position.

3. The combination with a, badge or the 5 like provided with a, pin atthe back, of a.

lever pivoted to the back of the badge at one side of the pin point andprovided with a loop adapted to cover the pin point when in closedposition, and a catch projecting from the back of the badge andengageable 10 by the lever to hold the same in closed position.

In testimony whereof, I afiix Iny signature in presence of twowitnesses.

MORRIS FOLKMAN.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. BOMMHARDT, BESSIE F. PoLLoK,

